counterespionage

See also: counter-espionage

English

Alternative forms

• counter-espionage

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Italic *kom-

Proto-Indo-European *-teros

Proto-Italic *-teros

Proto-Italic *komterosder.

Proto-Italic *komterād

Latin contrāder.

Old French contre-

Anglo-Norman countre-bor.

Middle English counter-

English counter-

English espionage

English counterespionage

From counter- + espionage.

Pronunciation

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Noun

counterespionage (uncountable)

1. All those activities undertaken to neutralize or exploit the espionage activities of another nation or an enemy.

Synonyms

• counterintelligence

Translations

activities to prevent spying

• Albanian: kundërzbulim (sq) m
• Arabic: مُكَافَحَة تَجَسُّس f (mukāfaḥat tajassus)
• Armenian: հակահետախուզություն (hy) (hakahetaxuzutʻyun)
• Azerbaijani: əks-kəşfiyyat
• Belarusian: контрразве́дка (be) f (kontrrazvjédka), контрвыве́дка (be) f (kontrvyvjédka)
• Bulgarian: контраразузна́ване n (kontrarazuznávane), контрашпиона́ж m (kontrašpionáž)
• Catalan: contraespionatge m, contraintel·ligència f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 反間諜 / 反间谍 (faan² gaan³ dip⁶)

  Mandarin: 反間諜 / 反间谍 (zh) (fǎnjiàndié), 防諜 / 防谍 (fángdié)

• Crimean Tatar: akiscasuslıq, qarşı casuslıq
• Czech: kontrarozvědka f
• Danish: kontraspionage c
• Dutch: contraspionage (nl) f
• Esperanto: kontraŭspionado
• Estonian: vastuluure
• Finnish: vastavakoilu (fi)
• French: contre-espionnage (fr) m
• Georgian: კონტრდაზვერვა (ḳonṭrdazverva)
• German: Spionageabwehr (de) f
• Greek: αντικατασκοπία (el) f (antikataskopía)
• Hindi: प्रत्यासूचना f (pratyāsūcnā)
• Hungarian: kémelhárítás (hu)
• Icelandic: gagnnjósnir f pl
• Indonesian: kontraspionase, kontra-intelijen
• Italian: controspionaggio (it) m
• Japanese: 防諜 (ja) (ぼうちょう, bōchō)
• Kazakh: қарсы барлау (qarsı barlaw), қарсы шолу (qarsı šoluw)
• Korean: 방첩(防諜) (ko) (bangcheop)
• Kyrgyz: контрразведка (kontrrazvedka), каршы чалгын (karşı calgın)
• Latvian: pretizlūkošana f
• Lithuanian: kontržvalgyba f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kontraetterretning m or f, kontraspionasje m

• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: ضِدِّاِطِّلاعات (zeddeettelâ'ât)

• Polish: kontrwywiad (pl) m
• Portuguese: contraespionagem f, contrainteligência f
• Romanian: contraspionaj (ro) n
• Russian: контршпиона́ж (ru) m (kontršpionáž), контрразве́дка (ru) f (kontrrazvédka)
• Slovak: kontrarozviedka f
• Slovene: protiobveščevalna služba f
• Spanish: contraespionaje m, contrainteligencia f
• Swedish: kontraspionage (sv) n
• Tajik: контрразведка (kontrrazvedka)
• Turkish: karşı istihbarat
• Ukrainian: контрро́звідка f (kontrrózvidka), контррозві́дка f (kontrrozvídka)
• Uzbek: kontrrazvedka
• Vietnamese: phản gián (vi)